In 2011 the Australian Book Review launched the [to be] annualElizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The prize is awarded to an author (emerging or established) for outstanding pieces of fiction.

In 2011 the prize was jointly awarded to Carrie Tiffany, author ofMateship with Birds, and Booked Out’s own Gregory Day. Gregory will go on to be one of the judges in the 2012 prize. Gregory’s story, The Neighbour’s Beans was published in the October 2011 edition of ABR and is still available for purchase via their website.